Beckley Trooper Arrests Sex Offenders

• {West Virginia}...Trooper 1st Class R.A. Daniel of the West Virginia State Police in Beckley arrested Michael Fernandez, 48, of Beckley, and Greg Lilly, 36, of Crab Orchard, Monday for failure to register as a sex offender. Fernandez is registered in Raleigh County following convictions of first-degree attempted sexual battery and lewd/lascivious acts on a child from 2006 in Sarasota, Florida. The convictions require Fernandez to register for life due to both victims being minors. Lilly is registered in Raleigh County after convictions of first-degree sexual assault and first-degree sexual abuse of an adult female in Raleigh County in 2006. Both convictions require Lilly to register for life due to the violent offense and multiple convictions. Each felony arrest maintains a possible one- to five-year sentence.